Alyssa Brown's Classroom: Nov. 23rd-25th

WRITERS WORKSHOP

READERS' WORKSHOP

MATH

Module 2 Lesson 9: Identify and sort shapes as two-dimensional or three-dimensional, and recognize two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in different orientations and sizes.

Math Warm Up! Click on the picture to warm up with some math movement! 

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Mathematicians, are you ready to try?

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  Problem Set

WORD WORK

Click on the turkey to Color by Sight Word

HANDWRITING

WRITERS WORKSHOP

Unit 2 Session 4 Writing Sentences That Tell a Story

Today students will write more, this time working to write simple sentences. They’ll say the sentences aloud, using the pictures to help them tell the story, pointing as they say each word. Then they’ll write each word using all the sounds they hear. Students may include spaces, capital letters, and simple punctuation, though approximation is to be expected.

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READERS WORKSHOP

Unit 2 Session 4 Readers Use Snap Words To Anchor Their Pointer Power

Students will head off to read poems, songs, charts, and books really focusing on recognizing the snap words to help them strengthen their pointer power even more. One strategy they might use is to count how many words are on a page so they know how many times they will need to point. They will also need to continue to be on the lookout for those longer words and not get tricked by them. As they read for 10-15 minutes they may be reading a variety of print to really practice that pointer power. 

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MATH

Module 2 Lesson 10: Culminating Task—Create displays of different flat shapes with examples, non-examples, and a corresponding solid shape.

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Dot Paper Template

Lesson 10 Template

• 1 Ball

• 1 Can

• 1 Dice

• Markers or Crayons

• Scissors

ST Math

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WORD WORK

Click on the turkey to complete they Turkey Hunt Sight Word paper! 

NO SCHOOL

Happy Thanksgiving! 

WRITERS' WORKSHOP

READERS' WORKSHOP

MATH

NO SCHOOL

WRITERS' WORKSHOP

READERS' WORKSHOP

MATH

WRITERS WORKSHOP

Unit 2: 

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READERS WORKSHOP

Unit 2: Reading Super Powers

Reading with Print Strategies and Sight Word Power

This unit is organized into 3 bends: 

Bend I Using Super Powers to Look and Point, and Then Read Everything

In Bend I the students have been introduced to the idea that all readers have super powers to help & guide them while they are reading. We have been focusing on our "pointer power". 

The children will be asked to activate their "pointer power" as they...

-read familiar texts

-use one-to-one matching

-tap each word, just once

-check that their reading makes sense

-point to words they know in a SNAP!

Bend II Taking on Even the Hardest Words

We are currently working in Bend II. In this bend the students will activate ALL of the super reading powers that they have learned thus far (pointer power, reread power, & partner power). These powers will be helpful as the students navigate how to take on even the hardest of words. They will learn that at times (just as true superheroes do) they will run into trouble with their reading. Things will get hard! But that they are TOUGH and have all the power within them to get the job done! The students will be introduced to picture power, snap word power, sound power, and persistence power.They will also explore how to turn more words into words they will know in a SNAP! 

Bend III Bringing Books to Life 

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MATH

Eureka Module 2: Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes

In Module 2, students learn to correctly name 2D and 3D shapes regardless of their orientation, size, or variation. Kindergarten students will transition from classifying and identifying shapes by how they look (e.g., “It’s a rectangle because it looks like a door.”) to more precise descriptions based on mathematical attributes (e.g., “It’s a rectangle because it has four straight sides and no openings.”).

 Introduced Terms

• Above, below, beside, in front of, next to, behind (position words)
• Circle
• Cone (solid shape)
• Cube (solid shape)
• Cylinder (solid shape)
• Face (flat side of a solid)
• Flat (two-dimensional shape)
• Hexagon (flat figure enclosed by six straight sides)
• Rectangle (flat figure enclosed by four straight sides)
• Solid (three-dimensional shape)
• Sphere (solid shape)
• Square (flat figure enclosed by four straight, equal sides)
• Triangle (flat figure enclosed by three straight sides)

WORD WORK

Unit 2: Word Scientists

There are three primary goals for the children in this unit: letter knowledge and letter-sound correspondence, phonological awareness, and high frequency words.

WE ARE KINDERGARTEN WORD SCIENTISTS!

Bend I Studying the Alphabet and the Alphabet Chart

We are currently studying Bend 1 of this unit. The children are studying the alphabet linking chart while noting keywords and their corresponding letters. They will examine upper and lowercase letters, and share their observations. They will practice the alphabetic principle, where they will connect and grow their letter-sound knowledge. We will explore more in-depth with letter formation and the differentiation between upper and lowercase letters. Lastly, the children will investigate the alphabet chart by discussing the similarities and differences that they discover, and even design their very own! 

Bend II Using the Alphabet to Write

Bend III Studying and Using High-Frequency Words to Write and Read

Click  to listen to the number song and practice writing numbers 1-10!